Bipolar: Living With It
Manic Depressive Memoirs
Published on 1. August 2019
138 pages
978-1-925284-05-8 (ISBN)
Description
Ian Higgins BA (Hons), BEd, DipDiv has been fascinated by words for as long as he can remember. He has written short stories, poetry and many letters to the editor, as well as editing the Religious Education Journal of Australia at its inception.
He has now retired on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria with his wife Barbara.
In his late seventies he was diagnosed as having late onset bipolar disorder. These memoirs are written from a bipolar perspective in the hope that this shared lived experience may be a help to others.
He has now retired on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria with his wife Barbara.
In his late seventies he was diagnosed as having late onset bipolar disorder. These memoirs are written from a bipolar perspective in the hope that this shared lived experience may be a help to others.
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Content
- Intro
- CHAPTER I - THE UNFORESEEN EVENT
- CHAPTER II - AT LAST
- CHAPTER III - BEING A LIFELONG STRANGER
- CHAPTER IV - CARING COMMUNITIES
- CHAPTER V - LOOKING BACK WITH DIFFERENT EYES
- CHAPTER VI - THE BINARY NATURE OF BIPOLAR DARKNESS
- CHAPTER VII - THE IRREPRESSIBLE ACTOR
- CHAPTER VIII - EMOTIONAL DISCONNECTION
- CHAPTER IX - THE VORACIOUS READER
- CHAPTER X - THE COLOUR-FULL EYES
- CHAPTER XI - THE ORANGE LIGHTS ARE FLASHING
- CHAPTER XII - WELL INTENTIONED HELPERS THAT MAY NOT UNDERSTAND
- CHAPTER XIII - IN GOOD COMPANY
- CHAPTER XIV - BIPOLAR IMAGES
- CHAPTER XV - SAD DAYS (or Seasonal Affective Disorder Days)
- CHAPTER XVI - CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF MY MANIC DEPRESSIVE TENDENCIES
- CHAPTER XVII - SPIRITUALITY AND THE MANIC DEPRESSIVE LIFE JOURNEY
- CHAPTER XVIII - LIVING WITH A BIPOLAR CONDITION: MY MOTHER, CILLA LOVE
- CHAPTER XIX - LIVING WITH A BIPOLAR CONDITION: MY GRANDFATHER
- CHAPTER XX - LIVING WITH A BIPOLAR CONDITION: MY GREAT GRANDFATHER
- CHAPTER XXI - LIVING WITH MY BIPOLAR FOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS: BARBARA MY WIFE
- CHAPTER XXII - CONCLUSION
- END NOTES
